HRE Wheels | The Birth of the HRE RS309 Wheel from Start to Finish

FlowForm_Wheels · 08-17-2018, 12:02 PM

We followed a set of HRE RS309 Wheels in production and took some photos during the process. *

Rim parts are pulled, forgings are lathed, and everything is placed onto a cart so we can keep track of their progress.

What you see below is so we can limit how much mass the wheel has. *More pockets, less weight! *

Center Forgings jump onto our Horizontal mills to get their design cut

Now we start the process of de-burring the wheel, smoothing it out and then getting that into our polisher!

Onto Polishing!

Nice and shiny!!

After we clean up the centers after their polishing, we bring them over to powdercoat

Out from powder! *First stage of powdercoat is shot, second stage will be the Satin Clear Coat to turn this into our Frozen Polished Bronze finish

Second stage of powder is applied and now you can see they're Satin in this photo

Assembly starting. *First things first, remove the cover on the backpad. *Backpads should never be powdercoated as that alters the offset which was machined. *

Fasteners going in! *We're in the home stretch!

Blue tape on the lip to protect it from scratches.

And that's it! *We have a complete set of HRE RS309's! *Once it's all said and done, the Polished Bronze outer and that Frozen Polished Bronze center really work for each other. *We want to know what you think! *Here's the completed wheel!

Thanks for taking a look! *What do you think of the RS309? *You like our color combo choice?

Slate993tt · 08-17-2018, 12:54 PM

Soo Cool! Thank you for sharing!

mblum · 08-17-2018, 01:53 PM

Thank you for sharing with us, you have an amazing facility and impressive arsenal of equipment. I own/operate a CNC machining business in the Midwest and love to see products like this. To be honest I would almost feel guilty bolting those on to my car, driving down the street and getting them dirty, I could however hang one on the wall to look at. Seeing the level of detail and amount of engineering that goes into these wheels makes them art.

ninsecgt · 08-17-2018, 11:45 PM

don't really care for that color but if it was aluminum I'd be interested

alssiri · 08-18-2018, 12:30 AM

Nice job , great looking wheel .

Ahmad

08-17-2018, 12:02 PM	#1
FlowForm_Wheels Drives: Turbo 4, SC V8 and Twin Turbo V8 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,338	HRE Wheels \| The Birth of the HRE RS309 Wheel from Start to Finish We followed a set of HRE RS309 Wheels in production and took some photos during the process. * Rim parts are pulled, forgings are lathed, and everything is placed onto a cart so we can keep track of their progress. What you see below is so we can limit how much mass the wheel has. More pockets, less weight! Center Forgings jump onto our Horizontal mills to get their design cut Now we start the process of de-burring the wheel, smoothing it out and then getting that into our polisher! Onto Polishing! Nice and shiny!! After we clean up the centers after their polishing, we bring them over to powdercoat Out from powder! First stage of powdercoat is shot, second stage will be the Satin Clear Coat to turn this into our Frozen Polished Bronze finish Second stage of powder is applied and now you can see they're Satin in this photo Assembly starting. First things first, remove the cover on the backpad. Backpads should never be powdercoated as that alters the offset which was machined. Fasteners going in! We're in the home stretch! Blue tape on the lip to protect it from scratches. And that's it! We have a complete set of HRE RS309's! Once it's all said and done, the Polished Bronze outer and that Frozen Polished Bronze center really work for each other. We want to know what you think! Here's the completed wheel! Thanks for taking a look! What do you think of the RS309? *You like our color combo choice?

08-18-2018, 12:30 AM	#5
alssiri Drives: 2017 ZL1 A10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,250	Nice job , great looking wheel . Ahmad __________________ 2017 ZL1 A10 SW (SOLD) Whipple 2.9 with 3.2 Pulley, Weapon-X Stage 3 Cam, FIICHILLER ,LG Motorsports LT, Borla S type, ROTFAB Big Gulp, Big 3 Reservoir Glassskinz rear window valance . 2012 ZL1 A6 (SOLD) Forged 376 CI, LSA HeartBeat, Mast Medium Bore Heads & JDP ZLR Cam, ARH LT , MagnaFlow Resonated X + Borla Atak Catback, ADM 102mm Snout, CAI, NW102MM TB, ID850, Fore Triple Fuel Pump, MSD Wire's, Moroso CC. Alky Control, FIICHILLER.

08-17-2018, 12:54 PM	#2
Slate993tt Drives: 2018 Silver ZL1 1LE Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: SoCal Posts: 115	Soo Cool! Thank you for sharing!

08-17-2018, 01:53 PM	#3
mblum Drives: 2017 ZL1 Camaro Join Date: May 2018 Location: Iowa Posts: 100	Thank you for sharing with us, you have an amazing facility and impressive arsenal of equipment. I own/operate a CNC machining business in the Midwest and love to see products like this. To be honest I would almost feel guilty bolting those on to my car, driving down the street and getting them dirty, I could however hang one on the wall to look at. Seeing the level of detail and amount of engineering that goes into these wheels makes them art.

08-17-2018, 11:45 PM	#4
ninsecgt Drives: 2017 zl1 Join Date: May 2013 Location: miami, fl Posts: 204 View My Garage	don't really care for that color but if it was aluminum I'd be interested

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